Numerous trademarks under several Nice Classification categories are registered in favour of the Complainant in a range of jurisdictions. These marks include the hyphenated form of Boehringer Ingelheim in Classes 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 16, 17, 19, 29, 30 and 32. The Complainant has furthermore offered extensive proof of longstanding reputation associated with its brand and of being the holder of several domain name registrations, including boehringer-ingelheim.com and other hyphenated forms of generic TLDs corresponding to its brand.
The rights identified relate in particular to pharmaceutical products which have been marketed on the basis of the notoriety the Boehringer Ingelheim brand has won in the human and veterinary services pharmaceuticals sectors worldwide.
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